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1982 - Written by a dairy farmer in Tinmouth with early history of Vermont settlement and information on foodways (unsourced) through community suppers, sugaring, hunting to "ethnic" contributions . Includes recipes from acorn bread to chicken pie…

Gert reflects on her passion for farming.

A 1952 advisory bulletin on sheep-farming in Vermont with stats and details on wool market oppty (Boston biggest national market) and a little on lamb meat.

interview with Stanley Wilson, Derby, 1982 with detail on haying in 1930s on, p. 61-67 buttermaking

interview (1982) with Elaine Anderson of Newport details farm chores and typical food eaten on farm (p.12-15)

2000 - Self-published memoir starting in 1890 of author's grandmother on farm in Hydeville with daily farm life and recipes like salt pork with dandelion or cowslip greens (29) and butchering details (107) with recipes for sausage, head cheese,…

Personal history of farming family with Finnish roots - good details on food pages 4-5, 7-8: how fed large family in Proctor VT with garden, foraging, milking/butter, home-brewed Kallia (molasses, hops, water) on page 7

February 1979 interview includes daily farm chores in Franklin Cty, milk sales, butter-making, sugar-smuggling during war

This is the largest body of material in the archive, and it includes VFC folklorist Gregory Sharrow's dissertation research on the culture of farm life, research for a radio series on contemporary farm experience, research for the exhibit "Making…

2007 - Hooked on history of Shelburne Farms with themed Vermont ingredient chapters and history of each (milk, maple, lamb, venison, etc.) Some twists on classic recipes but mostly modern takes with local ingredients.